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throwaway3627
There's only one party, the Property party, with two wings: Democratic and Republican. - Gore Vidal

(And that's my limit of political commentary on HN.)

Overtonwindow
Their prediction was wrong for me. I think identity politics is more about societal pressure, to conform to your race, gender, sexuality, etc.
hprotagonist
Hilariously wrong for me.

I had to think pretty hard about if i think i’m a protestant or not. (i think they mean “not-catholic”, which is a much bigger tent than the binary choice makes obvious.)

uxp100
They don't mean not catholic, the tree shows not-protestant not-catholic as a pathway. It's a weirdly phrased question since it doesn't implicitly assume you are christian, but it sounds like it does. And it doesn't clarify if it is asking about beliefs, or is a backdoor ethnic group classification, i.e. are you "culturally" protestant or catholic. I went to a protestant church as a child even though my one parent was an outspoken atheist and my other parent has now become atheist.
inlined
I don’t think is binary, though they may be assuming Judaic religions. If you play with the conservative paths you can get asked if you’re Jewish.
[dead] methodiosmel
Hilariously wrong for me too. I guess that means I think for myself.
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shitgoose
is this a joke? it didn't just completely misidentified me. it is the collection of worst cliches and misconceptions. took a screenshot to share with friends - it is hilarious! ny times lives in its own one-dimensional world.
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banana_giraffe
It puts me at +5 Dem. If I claim to be one year older than I am, it puts me at +31 Repub.

It's funny, if nothing else, to view how stats like this can break down horribly around edge cases. Or maybe I'm weird. That's always very possible.

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thrill
+48 Dem - and I've never voted for a Democrat in my life.

I'm beginning to figure out how they could have called the election so strongly and wrongly for Hillary.